Combined road-cart and insect-catcher.



No.- 707,965. Patented Aug. 26, [902.

M. B. GOOING. comsmzn ROAD CART AND INSECT CATCHER (Application filed Mm. 3, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN BIRD GOOING, OF VIOKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI.

C QMBINED ROAD-CART AND INSECT-CATCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,965, dated August 26, 1902.

' Application filed March 3,1902. Serial no; 96,483. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN BIRD Groomer, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vicksburg;in the county of Warren and State of Mississippi,,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin a OombinedRoad- Cart and Insect-Catcher, of which the following is a specification.

Figurel is a sideelevation of 'myimproved road-cart and insect-catcher. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

The object of my invention is to construct an insect-catcher that can bepassedbetween the rows of cotton and corn at night; and it consists of a one-wheeled cart above the shafts; of, which is secured a frame across which is stretched a net coated with a suitable adhesive substance. Suitable lights are securedabove and below the net.

1 represents suitable thills, to the ends which are bolted thil1-irons 2.

3 is a wheel the axle of which is journaled in the thill-irons 2, as shown in the drawings.

4 is'a crossbar connecting the shafts, and 5 is a seat secured tothe cross-bare by means. of theheavy spring 6, saidspringand seat being disposed'above and over thecenter of the wheel 3.

7 is an arched bar or frame the ends of which are secured to the forward ends of the thills, as at 8, the arch being of sufficient height to clear the back of the horse attached to the vehicle. 9 is another arched bar secured at 10 near the rear ends of the thills, said bar being given a backward bend near its top, as at 11. The arched bars are connected at the top by means of a brace or support 12, extending lengthwise of the vehicle, upon which are suitably secured suitable lamps 13. V

14: and 15 are standards extending upwardly from the center of the arched bars 7 and 9, connected at the top by means of a cross-bar or support 16,- upon which'are mounted suitable lamps 17'.

18 is a ne'tstretched between the standards 14: and 15, to which the ends of the net are secured, while the upper edge of the net is firmlysecured to thesupport or brace 16.

The arched bars 7 and 9 are suitably braced by means of the braces or straps 19 and 20,

I said straps being connected at their upper ends to'the arched bars and at their lower en'dsto the thills, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The harness-saddle for use in connection with this cart comprises the'three straps 21, the. center-strap onlybeingpassed around thejshaft of the thill, as'shown at122 in Fig. 1. These straps are connected together by means of spring-metal plates23, under each of which is secured asuitable pad 24.- The forward ends of the thills areprovidedwith closed links 25, in which are secured the ends of the breast-strap 26.

In. use this vehicle is driven between the rows of cotton,'corn, or other growing plants at night, the lights attracting the various insects. The insects in their 1 attempt to fly about the-lights strike against the netting 18 and are trapped Jby'means of the adhesive substance withwhich this netting is coated.

. In the event that it is desired to use the roadcart independently of the insect-catcher it is onlynecessary to remove the vbraces 19 and 20 and the bolts holding the arched bars 7 and 9, whereupon said insect device may be re moved and leave the cart free for use as a road-vehicle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination with a onewheeled vehicle, of a net coated with adhesive substance and mounted centrally over the thills of the vehicle and a series of lights arranged around said netting.

2. The combination with a one-wheeled vehicle, of arched bars secured to and extending upwardly from the thills of the vehicle, a not covered with adhesive substance mounted upon said arched bars and a series of lights surrounding said net.

3. The combination with a one-wheeled vehicle, of arched bars secured to and extending above the thills of said vehicle, standards mounted upon and extending upward from the center of the arched bars, a brace connecting the upper ends of said standards, a net coated with adhesive substance and secured to said standards and to said brace.

4:. The combination with a one-wheeled vehicle,of arched bars extending upwardly from I and secured to the thills of the Vehicle, braces upper ends of the standards and a series of secured to said bars and to said thills, a lights secured upon thelast two named braces. 10 brace connecting the arched bars at the top, The foregoing specification signed this 22d standards projecting upwardly from the cenday of February, 1902.

5 ter of the arched bars, a brace connecting the MARTIN BIRD GOOING.

upper ends of the standards, a net coated In presence of with adhesive substance secured to the said H. K. BARSTOW,

standards, and to the brace connecting the G. R. MOGUIN. 

